I am thinking about making the jump to tubulars but i am a bit apprehensive to do so. I guess its because of the thought of getting a flat while riding and having to lug another spare tyre around with me, rather than just an inner tube as with clinchers.

Has anyone recently made to jump to tubulars? I would love to hear some plus and minuses about them and peoples experience with regarding to ride quality. Are they worth it? Cheers

There's plenty of threads on the Everything Wheels subforum, but as for lugging an extra tyre around - an inner tube plus tyre irons isn't all that far off the weight of a spare tub, plus the two on the wheels are lighter than a couple of clinchers would be.

Been back on tubulars for about 7 years now. Stopped carrying an extra tire quite a while ago, and now only carry a small bottle of Tufo Extreme and a very small MasterBlaster Carbon Fiber Pump. This has worked perfectly for me.

Have some zipp 202s waiting for the spring and currently considering what tubs to buy for them. One question that I can't seem to find the info on is how wide a tub can I fit to these wheels? Zipp list the brake track width as 22.61mm. Can I only go to a 23mm tub or will 25s fit?

Generally speaking a tubular should be at least equally wide as the rim, preferably 1mm wider.See Zipp's 23mm wide Tangente or similar. Anything narrower than that would expose the rim bed's edges cancelling out any aero advantage, not to mention the risk of actually damaging it by impact. Rocks, boardwalks' edges, you name it.

A wider tyre on the rear wheel should yield less rolling resistance with maybe a minor or negligible impact on aero. Due to it being wider it should also be less prone to puncture compared to it's narrower brother.The added weight has little to no impact on actual performance.

I don't carry a spare either just stans sealant, a pump and loctight 402 I'm riding my Veloflex tires into the threads now the 'gel super glue' technique has me getting an extra 1000kms outa the rear tires and my ride home has gone from 70% with sealant to 99% with sealant and the 402

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